Peacebuilding

Thursday 5 September 2013September 4, 2013 (WAU) – South Sudan’s new vice-president, James Wani Igga, has identified a strategy to promote unity in diversity, as well as enhance peaceful coexistence and consolidate efforts to rebuild the new nation ravaged by (...)

Tuesday 11 February 2014February 10, 2014 (JUBA) – The global head of the Catholic Church on Monday expressed concerns about the crisis in South Sudan, calling for peaceful resolution of weeks of fighting in the country. Pope Francis recieves the flag of (...)

Thursday 28 June 2018June 27, 2018 (KIGALI/JUBA) – Rwanda has deployed a contingent of 160 police officers, majority women, for a one-year peacekeeping duty under the United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). A contingent of female Rwandan police (...)

Wednesday 17 May 2017May 17, 2017 (BOR) - The youth of Jonglei have just withdrawn from South Sudan’s Boma state, in response to the calls for a ceasefire proposed by First Vice President Taban Deng last week, the state governor Philip Aguer said. (...)

Friday 27 April 2012April 26, 2012 (BOR) – Consultative community meetings began in Jonglei on Wednesday as part of the Presidential Peace Committee (PCC) efforts to find a lasting solution to the troubled state’s cattle-raiding and inter-ethnic violence. (...)

Sunday 14 May 2017May 12, 2017 (KAMPALA) - A South Sudanese activist has been recognized by Women Refugees Commission for efforts to bring youth together and enable them reach their potential as agents of peace and positive change in Uganda. South (...)

Friday 31 October 2014October 31, 2014 (JUBA) – A workshop organised by South Sudan Committee for National Healing, Peace and Reconciliation (CNHPR) successfully ended with about 80 “battalion of peace” graduates.
Speaking at the closing of the one-month (...)

Wednesday 28 June 2017By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
June 27, 2017 (ADDIS ABABA) - The 29th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) summit commenced in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa on Tuesday.
The pan-African summit to be held from 27 June to 4 July, is under (...)

Monday 3 July 2017July 2, 2017 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s national dialogue committee is now seeking the intervention of regional and continental leaders to bring the country’s rival leaders for face to face meeting.
An elderly politician, who preferred (...)

Monday 24 February 2014By Maiwen Dot Pheot
February 24, 2014 - Although there is no specific agenda for the planned South Sudan peace talks in Addis Ababa, most discussions will likely revolve around power sharing, the status of each side’s armed forces and (...)

Justices delay is justices denied2019-05-21 04:40:18
By Wesley Kosa
The Khartoum Peace Agreement was the result of the political manipulation by the governments of South Sudan, Uganda and Sudan. There were no extensive discussions and mediation (...)

The fear of political reforms in South Sudan2019-05-19 02:16:35
By Duop Chak Wuol
In his Easter message, President Salva Kiir called on the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO), Dr Riek Machar, to go to Juba to form a (...)

Joseph Malwal Dong joined the SPLM/A -IO2019-04-02 08:35:02
SPLM/A (IO) Press Release
1/4/2019 On Hon. Joseph Malwal Dong Joined the SPLM/A (IO)
The leadership of the SPLM/A (IO) would like to seize this precious opportunity to announce to members and (...)